page_title: Water resources management in Syria
section_title: Water resources base
hierarchical_section_title: Water resources management in Syria / Water resources base
caption_attribution_description: The Euphrates River near Raqqa More images of en:Syria are available on www.zeledi.com, my web site. Check out the following direct links: A collection of pictures shot in 2003 in various places in Syria. A picture gallery about a 2005 trip in Syria. Being the creator of this work I hereby publish it under the following licenses: Creative Commons, Some Rights Reserved --Zelidar 06:16, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
context_page_description: Water resources management in Syria is confronted with numerous challenges. First, all of the country's major rivers are shared with neighboring countries, and Syria depends to a large extent on the inflow of water from Turkey through the Euphrates and its tributaries. Second, high population growth and urbanisation increase the pressure on water resources, resulting in localized groundwater depletion and pollution, for example in the Ghouta near Damascus. Third, there is no legal framework for integrated water resources management. Finally, the institutions in charge of water resources management are weak, being both highly centralized and fragmented between sectors, and they often lack the power to enforce regulations. Water resources policies have been focused on the construction of dams, the development of irrigated agriculture and occasional interbasin transfers, such as a pipeline to supply drinking water to Aleppo from the Euphrates. There are 165 dams in Syria with a total storage capacity of 19.6 km³.
caption: The Euphrates River, shown here near Raqqa, is the most important water source for Syria.
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